47" Class (46.06" Diag.) LCD HDTV

Customer Reviews

In Mexico Review by Miguel

I bought one of these TV's in December 2011 and today I'm very happy with the product, Excellent image, very good performance, operates in a "synchronized" with a Sony home theater (with the TV remote control , I can operate basic functions of the Blue Ray). In Summary: When shopping for a new gadgets, I will seek options in this brand VIZIO !

(Posted on 10/8/12)

Good tv Review by phillyfan1

the picture on this tv is great. The sound is not the best but i just bought a sound bar. Witht the sound bar the sound is great.

(Posted on 3/22/12)

By Far the Best for the Buck! Review by A Vizio Satisfied Customer

We purchased this HDTV over 2 years. It has been Flawless. We have not Experienced a single technical issue with this HDTV. The Picture quality is perfect. 120hz makes a huge difference and watching movies in blue-ray or 1080p is amazing. I would definitely recommend this to anyone and the size is perfect. Not too big and not too small. And, for the price, I think we bought it at Sams Club for $800.

(Posted on 5/8/11)

Good unit, had failures Review by Steve

Had two failures within 14 months, first was a power supply which Vizio fixed under warrenty, the second (out of warrenty) I am working on but may also be the power supply. Other than that, works great, like it.

Steve

(Posted on 2/12/11)

Awesomefantasticoutstanding!!!!! Review by geo1980

all i have is one word to say about this TV! Awesomefantasticoutstanding!!!!!

(Posted on 1/4/11)

Very pleased with 2 Vizios Review by Jim

My wife and I have had a 42" Vizio for a couple of years and last week bought a 47". Picture quality is outstanding. We stream Netflix, watch DVD's, Dish network and cannot say enough good about these TV sets.

(Posted on 6/13/10)

WOW!!!! Review by Sissy

After lightning ran in on our house, we bought a new 47" VIZIO. We had no intentions of purchasing more than a 22", but the price was right and after much comparison shopping decided on this one. My older son bought a 42" VIZIO 2 years ago and still loves it. We were totally blown away by the picture quality. I was amazed that the picture didn't get blurry while watching an action game. The Blue-ray movie was breathtaking! If you are considering purchasing a new TV and want one that will last, this is the one for you!

(Posted on 6/5/10)

Beautiful!!!! Review by sharrice3

I absolutely love this television. The picture is magnificent. I purchased it 2 months ago replacing a 50" Sanyo Plasma. This company has won my loyalty for I will always buy a Vizio. I also own a 32" & a 19" & will be purchasing a 26" in the near future. I hope to purchase a 55" by year's end!

(Posted on 5/21/10)

Great TV Review by vanguy

I bought this TV (VL470M) about 2 weeks ago and I’m very happy with it. It replaced a 42” Hitachi Plasma which was about 3 years old. The picture is better than the Hitachi and it doesn’t give me problems with reflections from some of the lights in the room. This is a problem with plasma, although I must say this was not a big problem, somehow the eye ignores most of it, unless you consciously think about it.

I’ve had my eye on Vizio for a couple of years and I bought this TV because Vizio makes TV’s with picture-in-picture which takes input from two set-top boxes. There are not many TV’s made today which even have PIP and on most TV’s one of the pictures has to come from the TV tuner, which limits the channels you can get. The Hitachi had PIP but it had this limitation also and I finally got tired of it.

There are many ways to get PIP on this TV, but to get HD channels one input has to be HDMI and the other has to be via the component input. You can’t use two HDMI’s inputs at the same time for PIP. This works fine and I don’t notice any difference in the picture quality of the HDMI versus the component input. We have cable and DIRECTV.

The only problem I had was that the remote really does not handle the PIP functions easily. To change the audio from one picture to other one, for example, it takes 10 keystrokes. Obviously, this is ridiculous. Fortunately I had been on the Vizio website and I knew that they have other remotes. I checked the user manual which they have on the site and I ordered a remote which handles PIP as it should – all the PIP functions are on the remote – no extra keystrokes.

Not all Vizio’s have the PIP function, so if you need this study the specifications carefully on their website and also look at the manual which you can access also – it’s under “support” when you click on one of the TV’s.

I have a home theater system, but I checked out the TV speakers and I would say they are pretty good.

I was very impressed with the Vizio customer service. I sent them an e-mail to check on the PIP functions before I bought the TV. I thought it worked as I wanted it to from studying the manual, but I wanted to be sure. They got back to me in one day.

I also sent them an e-mail suggesting they sell this TV with a better remote. Again they got back to me within 24 hours.

I am about to order a 37” TV for the bedroom – so you know that I’m a satisfied Vizio customer.

(Posted on 5/3/10)

Best on the market for the price Review by willpo

This is our second Vizio our first was a 37'' that we bought 4 years ago and it cost more than what we paid for the new 47'' and it is still a great working item. In same time zone we bought a cheap 32'' from Sears that was a mistake had to reprogram it about every six weeks it was a joke a Protron 32'' it died one night while watching late night .Should have bought a VIZIO again but did not live and learn. NO complaints thanks for a great product

(Posted on 5/3/10)